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BEDSTEAD.

Patented Mar. 7,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLAM R. PITT AND CHARLES H. DUNKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BED'STEA D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,690, dated March '7, 1882.

Application filed November 23, 1881.

(No model.)

To all ulzoin it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM R. PITI and CHARLES H. DUNKS, citizens of the United States ot' America. residing at New York, in the county of New York and State ofNewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

Figure] isaperspective view ofourimproved bedstead. Fig. lz is a det-ached view, enlarged, of the cast-metal corner-piece and the socketpiece. Fig.2isalongitudinalsection,enlarged, taken through one of the sde rails. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through one of the end rails. Fig. 4 is a detached view of' one ofthe corner-pieces. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one-'of the cast-metal corner-pieces.

The primary objects ofourinvention are twofold:

First, to produce a bed-bottom which is adapted equally well to be used with a wooden bedstead and also with an iron bedstea-d 5 and to this end one part ot our invention consists in combining with the end rails and side rails of the bedframe metallic corner-pieces,which. are adapted to rest upon cleats or ribs, which are employed in ordinary wooden bedsteads tojsupport the bed-bottom, and are also provided each with one member of a detachable fastening adapted to engage with and rest upon acorresponding supporting member of a fastening device to be attached to the post ot an iron bedstead.

Second, to relieve the posts of an iron bedstead from all tension or strain of the fabric which supports the mattress or the person lying thereon; and to this end the second part of our invention consists essentially in combining with the side rails of the bed-frame corner-pieces adapted to support end rails above the plane of the side rails, so as to receive the ends of a flexible fabric, and also provided each with one member of a detachable fastening device adapted to engage with and rest upon a posts ofthe bed.

C is a socket-piece, supported centrally on each of said posts, its socket c being by preference circular in cross-section and slightly tapering, and provided with a throat, o. This socket may be either cast upon the central part of the leg, or it may cast separately, having a vertical screw-threaded hole throughit,in which the opposing ends ofthe legs are inserted, the legs being made of round iron gas-pipe, or they may be cast in ornamental designs, and either screwed in or otherwise secured thereto, the central end bars, H, otl the bedstead being permanently secured to the socket-pieces, preferably by casting these latter parts upon the ends of the bars H.

D is the body of the corner-piece, having a lug, d, connected therewith by means of a web, d', the Wing corresponding in .shape and size to the socket c.

D is an arm of the cornerpiece, having an angular recess, d2, formed therein to receive an end rail, E, which is made of angle-iron and has upon one edge of the horizontal wing a series of small holes, e, to which is to be attached a fabric, as will be hereinafter explained.

D2 is another arm of the corner-piece, forming a support for one end of a side rail, F, and in the construction shown in Fig. 1 this arm D3 is secured to the angle-iron side rail by being cast around it.

In the construction of this bed we prefer to use the fabric shown in Patent No. 241,321 to Dunks and Ryan, one end of each coiled spring being hooked throughonc of the small holes e.

G is a brace, connected at its ends to the side rails near their centers, and serving as a brace to prevent sidewise deflection of these rails when tension is applied to the fabric.

In setting up this bed-bottom the ends of the end rails, E E, are inserted loosely in the sockets d2 of the corner-pieces. All the coiled springs at one end of the fabric may be connected to one of the end rails. The operator can then commence at the other end and con- IOO rov

nectthe coiled springs, one by one, to the other end-rail, and when this operation has been completed it will be found that the tension ofthe fabric will hold the corner-pieces and side rails in place relative to the end rails by the friction of the end rails in their sockets; but we pre fer to use the central brace, G, to further assist in holding` the frame together, as well as to support the side rails against sidewise deflection.

By an examination ofthe drawings it will be readily understood that instead of the legs A B sustaining any part of the tension ot' the fabric, or being in any manner strained thereby, the legs themselves are kept in vertical position by-rcason of their attachment to the cornerfpieces; and it will also be seen that the weight ofthe mattress, the fabric, and its occupant does not tend to dei-lect the posts from their vertical positions,but simply produces a downward thrust upon them.

It is apparent that some of the advantages incident to our invention may be derived it' the end rails were permanently attached to the corner-pieces, the side rails heilig made removable and having the fabric attached thereto; but we prefer the construction shown.

It will also be understood that the socket c may be formed in the corner-piece in an in-` verted position, the lug d being cast upon the part C in an inverted position.

We are aware that iron bedsteads have been made with angle -iron side and end rails, supported in or upon bearing-blocks or socketpieces cast upon the posts. Hence we do not claim such construction, broadly; butwe believe ourselves to be the first to make a detachable frame of angle-iron side and end rails with metallic corner-pieces adapted to support a flexible fabric under tension, in combination with detachable fastenings for connecting the same with the posts of a bedstead.

What we claim isl. In a bed-bottom, the combination, substantially as herein set forth, with the side rails and the end rails, ofthe metallic corner-pieces, constituting a frame adapted to support a exible fabric, each corner-piece being provided with one member of a detachable socket-fastening device, adapted to be connected with and rest upon a corresponding member of a socket-fastening device of an iron bedstead, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bedstead, the combination, with the posts, ofthe socket-pieces C, having the end bars, H, permanently attached thereto, the cornerpieces D, detachably connected with the socket-pieces, the end rails E, and side rails, F, substantiallyT as described.

3. In abcd-bottom, the hercindescribed castmetal corner-piece D, supporting one end of 6o an end rail and one end of a side rail, and provided with one member of a detachable socketfastening device, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM It. PITT. OHAS. H. DUNKS. Witnesses:

HENRY GOTTGETREN, LUTHER SHAFER. 

